[bug-gawk] Array literal

[Steven Penny]

Awk should have syntax for array literals. Currently if you wish to create an
array, you must use this:

   dd[1] = "aa"
   dd[2] = "bb"
   dd[3] = "cc"

Or:

   split("aa bb cc", dd)

the split syntax is problematic if your elements contain spaces. That can be
worked around by using a custom separator:

   split("aa bb\1cc", dd, "\1")

but then it will fail again if your separator happens to be part of one of the
elements. Many other languages have syntax for array literals, for example C:

  char *dd[] = {"aa", "bb", "cc"};

Python:

   dd = ['aa', 'bb', 'cc']

JavaScript:

   var dd = ['aa', 'bb', 'cc'];

Ruby:

   dd = ['aa', 'bb', 'cc']

Go:

   dd := []string {"aa", "bb", "cc"}

and so on.